III. Attack on the Presidential Palace February 27-March 2, 1962
87. Telegram From the Central Intelligence Agency Station in Saigon to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751K.00/2-2662. Secret; Flash; Critic. Also sent to the Director of NSA. Received at 8 p.m., February 26.
88. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751K.00/2-2762. Confidential; Priority. Repeated priority to Paris, London, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, CINCPAC for Polad, Manila, Geneva for FECON, Hue, Ottawa, Kuala Lumpur, New Delhi, Moscow, Singapore, Djakarta, Tokyo, Seoul, Hong Kong, Taipei and Rangoon. Received at 4:10 p.m.
89. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman) to the Ambassador in Vietnam (Nolting)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 84, Saigon Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 5159, New Command Arrangements, 1962. Top Secret; Official-Informal. The source text was part of a package that included the original transmittal letter from McConaughy, October 20, 1961, and a copy of the contingency plan. In the margin is a handwritten note from Nolting to the DCM which reads: “(See Cont. Plan, if you have not done so already)”.
90. Memorandum of Conversation, Department of State, Washington, February 27, 1962, 3:04 p.m.
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751K.00/2-2762. Confidential. Drafted by Grant and Horgan. Approved in S on March 6. A note at the top of the first page indicates that this is the first of two parts. Part II is not attached to the source text, but another account of the meeting transmitted to McGeorge Bundy in the White House under a memorandum of February 28 for the Presidentʼs perusal prior to his 11:30 meeting with Nehru contains a second section on Kashmir. (Ibid.) The text of the section on Vietnam is identical with that printed here except for the final sentence, which is missing in the version transmitted to the White House. The attachment is also missing from the White House version. No record of the Presidentʼs meeting with Nehru has been found.
91. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/3-162. Secret. Repeated to CINCPAC for Polad, New Delhi, London, Vientiane, Bangkok, Singapore, Phnom Penh, Ottawa, Paris, and Geneva.
92. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751K.5/3-162. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Repeated to CINCPAC and passed to the Department of Defense.
93. Memorandum for the Record
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 84, Saigon Embassy Files: FRC 67 A 677, 361.1, Chief Executive-Vietnam. Secret. Typed on MAAG stationery, suggesting that Eggleston was the drafter.
95. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751K.00/3-162. Confidential. Repeated to CINCPAC for Polad. Drafted by Cottrell; cleared with L,FE/P, P, Heinz (ISA), and Sylvester (DOD); and approved by Harriman.
96. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751K.00/3-262. Confidential, Priority. Repeated to CINCPAC for Polad, Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Vientiane, Geneva for FECON, Paris, London, Manila, New Delhi, Moscow, Hong Kong, Taipei, Hue, Kuala Lumpur., Singapore, Djakarta, Tokyo, Seoul, Rangoon, and Ottawa.
97. Memorandum of Conversation, Department of State, Washington, March 2, 1962
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/3-262. Secret. Drafted by Hubbard on March 6.